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A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man lowers himself from a standing position onto a mat, lying down on his side, on his right hip, his lower right arm raised to support his head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked woman is lying on the ground on her right side reading a pamphlet, supporting herself on her elbows. She pushes herself up towards a standing position, pamphlet in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man stands still, then waves his arms around. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man sitting in a wooden chair rises to a standing position and turns. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked woman rests her hands on her hips then behind her head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman sitting in a wooden chair holds an open fan in her right hand, stands, bends to pick up a handkerchief from the ground and begins to straighten up again. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Healthy posture and exercises for people who stand during their work. Colour lithograph, 2003.

Our erect attitude : an essay / by John Wilson, M.D.

Positions of the feet. Photograph, 1961.

World War One: side view of a man with a shovel. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

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Standing position

Images from the collections

Images about Standing position

Works from the collections

Healthy posture and exercises for people who stand during their work. Colour lithograph, 2003.

A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Our erect attitude : an essay / by John Wilson, M.D.

Positions of the feet. Photograph, 1961.

World War One: side view of a man with a shovel. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

Standing position

Images from the collections

Images about Standing position

Works from the collections

Healthy posture and exercises for people who stand during their work. Colour lithograph, 2003.

A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Our erect attitude : an essay / by John Wilson, M.D.

Positions of the feet. Photograph, 1961.

World War One: side view of a man with a shovel. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

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